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Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2004 A total of 278 Ixodes ticks, collected from Madeira Island and Setúbal District, mainland Portugal, were examined by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the presence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Six (4%) of 142 Ixodes ricinus nymphs collected in Madeira
Ana Sofia Santos +4 more
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Tick-borne pathogens in Ixodes ricinus ticks collected from migratory birds in southern Norway
PLoS ONE, 2020 Birds are important hosts for the first life stages of the Ixodes ricinus tick and they can transport their parasites over long distances. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, Anaplasma ...
B. Pedersen, A. Jenkins, V. Kjelland
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Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae in and Ticks in Italy
European Journal of Inflammation, 2006 In this study Ixodes ricinus and Haemaphysalis punctata ticks are examined. For the first time we detected Rickettsia conorii in I. ricinus and H. punctata , and Rickettsia sibirica in I. ricinus.
A. Ciervo +4 more
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Development Features of Ixodes ricinus × I. persulcatus Hybrids under Laboratory Conditions
Microorganisms, 2023 Widely distributed Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes persulcatus ticks transmit many pathogens of both medical and veterinary significance. The ranges of these tick species overlap and form large sympatric areas in the East European Plain and Baltic countries ...
Oxana A. Belova +3 more
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Experimental Infection of Mice and Ticks with the Human Isolate of Anaplasma phagocytophilum NY-18
Pathogens, 2022 Anaplasma phagocytophilum is the causative agent of tick-borne fever (TBF) and human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA) and is currently considered an emerging disease in the USA, Europe, and Asia. The increased prevalence of A.
Veronika Urbanová +3 more
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Parasitology Research, 2020 Tick-borne diseases are a public health issue. To predict vector tick abundance and activity, it is necessary to understand the driving factors for these variables.
J. Gethmann +7 more
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Gene dynamics of toll-like receptor 4 through a population bottleneck in an insular population of water voles (Arvicola amphibius) [PDF]
, 2015 Acknowledgments We would like to thank all colleagues who have contributed to fieldwork and sampling during this study. We would especially like to thank Marius Wenzel and Sandra Telfer for collaboration with different aspects of the study, and Dave ...
Douglas, Alex +3 more
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Arsenophonus nasoniae and Rickettsiae Infection of Ixodes ricinus Due to Parasitic Wasp Ixodiphagus hookeri. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Arsenophonus nasoniae, a male-killing endosymbiont of chalcid wasps, was recently detected in several hard tick species. Following the hypothesis that its presence in ticks may not be linked to the direct occurrence of bacteria in tick's organs, we ...
Monika Bohacsova +4 more
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Ticks, Human Babesiosis and Climate Change
Pathogens, 2021 The effects of current and future global warming on the distribution and activity of the primary ixodid vectors of human babesiosis (caused by Babesia divergens, B. venatorum and B. microti) are discussed.
Jeremy S. Gray, Nicholas H. Ogden
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020 Background: The territorial expansion and increased population size of haematophagous arthropods (i.e., the castor bean tick Ixodes ricinus (Ixodida: Ixodidae) and the deer ked Lipoptena cervi (Diptera: Hippoboscidae)) has enhanced the risk of human ...
W. Buczek +3 more
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